Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53326/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Disability allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged over 16 and under 66. The disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, a means test and a habitual residency test.

A completed application form for DA must be submitted to the Department in order to have eligibility checked and a formal decision made on entitlement. To date no application for disability allowance has been received from the person concerned. An application form has been posted to the person concerned.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53343/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm that the Department received an application for disability allowance (DA) from the person concerned on 30 September 2022

The application has been referred to a social welfare inspector (SWI) on 07 October 2022 for a report on the person’s means and circumstances. Once the SWI has submitted their report to the DA section, a decision will be made on her DA application and the person concerned will be notified of the outcome.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.